How to Add hard drive to RH6.2?

[JohnLynn]

I need to add a hard drive to a RedHad 6.2 server. I have a HardDrive and CDrom on IDE0 and the drive I wish to add on IDE1. Kudzu saw it and added it. I am now lost as how to add it as a new volume?

Thanks,
John G. Lynn

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

It all depends on whether you are using something like lvm (logical volume manager) or software raid . If so, see -->

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO.html

.

I'd guess this is not the case, however. In that case you'd first have to create one or more ext2 partitions on the disk (/dev/hdc from what you say) and then make ext2 filesystem(s) in those partitions. You would use '/sbin/fdisk /dev/hdc' to create the partitions and mkfs to create the filesystem (format the partition just created).

For example, if you had a new partition /dev/hdc1 :

mkfs -t ext2 -cv /dev/hdc1

After you have a new ext2 partition or partitions, you have to decide where you want to 'mount' those partitions. Lets say you decide to mount at '/usr2'. You would firstly make a dummy directory of the same name ... 'mkdir /usr2' . Then edit /etc/fstab to add the filesystem and mount-point - something like this :

/dev/hdc1 /usr2 ext2 defaults 1 2

Once you've mounted that partition ('mount /dev/hdc1') you will have all that space available under /usr2 .

See also -->

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/

Hope this helps..

 

[JohnLynn]

ifincham,

Thanks for the direction,

U ROCK,

john